How do you delete a google account from your phone

In today’s era, many of us netizens are using smartphones daily, in fact, it’s become a sort of a necessity. And the centre of it all is your Google Account. Your Google Account is like a pass for accessing Android smartphone, be it downloading and installing Apps, Sending emails, having a video call on Duo, Working with Docs, having all your precious memories backed up on Google Photos in the Cloud, or syncing up all your YouTube history so you may see it directly from your smartphone to your TV. We all might be familiar with setting up our phones and all, but, when it comes to deleting accounts manually, we might face some hiccups, especially our grandpas and grandmas. We may need to remove our accounts at times when we need to change our device, or when the account is not in use anymore. Here’s an easy step-by-step guide on how to remove your Gmail account from your mobile phone.

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• How to remove Gmail account from Android mobile phone
  • Using Gmail app
  • Using settings app
• How to delete Gmail Account From iPhone
  • Using Gmail App
  • Using Safari
  • Using Settings app
• FAQs
  • What will happen if you remove your Gmail account from phone?
  • How to turn off Gmail notification on Android mobile phone
  • How to turn off Gmail notification on iPhone
  • Can you keep your Gmail account on phone, but stop receiving emails?

How to remove Gmail account from Android mobile phone

In Android devices, it is pretty simple to remove your Gmail account. You can do so without resetting your device using Gmail and the Settings app. Below is the step-by-step guide on how to remove a Gmail account using both methods. It’s worth mentioning you may have to perform a step or two more, depending on the custom skin running atop Android on your device.

Using Gmail app

• First, open the Gmail app, then click on the hamburger menu on the right, scroll down and enter Settings
• In the Settings, tap the 3 dots on the upper right corner, and select Manage Accounts.
• Select the account which you want to remove, and Tap remove account.
• A confirmation message will pop up, this will remove all your data related to the account from your device. Hit Remove or Ok, if you wish to take that risk
• And that’s it. You’re done. The account will be removed from your device.

Using settings app

• In the Settings app, scroll down until you see accounts, tap on it.
• After that, tap on the account you want to remove, and a confirmation message will pop up, this will remove all your data related to the account from your device.
• And that’s it. You’re done. The account is removed from your device

How to delete Gmail Account From iPhone

Using Gmail App

• On your iPhone or iPad, open the Gmail app.
• Tap on your profile icon and select ‘Manage accounts on this device’
• The ‘Remove from this device’ option will appear on your next to your account
• Tap on it, then select Remove from the message that pops-up
• After this, your Gmail account will be removed from the phone

Using Safari

• On your iPhone or iPad, open the Safari app.
• Go to www.google.com.
• To remove your Gmail account, tap your profile image on the top right and select Sign-out

Using Settings app

• Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
• Look for ‘Mail’
  
• Select Accounts from the list of options
• Choose Gmail
• Now, tap on the Delete account option in red font to remove the account from the device altogether

FAQs

What will happen if you remove your Gmail account from phone?

If you have an Android Phone, if you don’t have even One email account on the device, you will lose access to the Play Store, the most important component of Android. You also won’t be able to send emails. If you have an iOS device, you will simply lose the ability to send emails via Gmail. You can still send an email via the iCloud though

How to turn off Gmail notification on Android mobile phone

In an Android Phone,

• Go to Settings –> Apps
• There Tap on All apps/Manage Apps.
• Scroll down until you see Gmail.
• Tap on it –> choose Notifications and select on the toggle on All Gmail Notifications.

That’s it you will stop receiving Notifications. Alternatively, long-press on the notification and toggle off from the notification panel to turn off the Gmail notification.

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How to turn off Gmail notification on iPhone

In an iOS Device,

• Open the Gmail application on your iPhone or iPad.
• In the top left, tap the menu.
• Go to the settings.
• Select your Gmail account.
• Tap on the notifications.
• Select none.

Can you keep your Gmail account on phone, but stop receiving emails?

If you use a different app for email, you can turn off syncing for Gmail. In order to do this:

• Open Settings and tap Accounts, or Users & Accounts on some phones.
• Tap the Google account. You may need to tap Gmail first on some devices.
• Tap Sync Account.
• Scroll down to Gmail and tap the toggle next to it to disable Gmail from syncing to your phone. Some devices might call this setting Sync Gmail.